Angels exploring trade options for Haren, Santana

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Oct 31, 2012

Why no solution yet, considering their season has been over for nearly four weeks? The Angels, industry sources have confirmed, are actively trying to trade Santana and Haren before those deadlines and are intent on using up all their time before making a… (more) commitment one way or the other. PT on Friday, they must decide the same on the $15.5 million option in Dan Haren's contract. With rising starter Garrett Richards already slated for the Angels' rotation in 2013, Santana has long realized he might be headed out of Orange County after the season. He has spent his entire career with the Angels, who signed him as a free agent in 2000 and nurtured his development into a solid starter of 96 games over the past three years. "Today was decision day, and we came down to it, and we were able to bring back a piece in Brandon Sisk to add to our stable of pitching arms and create depth that before today we didn't have.